Murrysville resident Lucille Byrne made impact on students as teacher, food service director
Lucy Byrne touched the lives of thousands of students during her career as a teacher and a school food service director. “She loved working with children and with people of all ages,” said her daughter Christina Heil. “She met many people who became lifelong friends – kitchen workers, students, teachers,...
Alarms raised on reliability, security of pricey ballot-marking voting machines
Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. voters will cast ballots this year on devices that look and feel like the discredited paperless voting machines they once used, yet leave a paper record of the vote. But computer security experts are warning that these so-called ballot-marking devices still pose too much of...
Man drives Jeep off 6-story roof of Los Angeles-area garage
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — A man drove his Jeep off the the sixth floor of a Los Angeles-area parking garage early Sunday and was taken to a hospital in critical condition, authorities said. When officers arrived shortly after midnight, they found the destroyed vehicle up against a McDonald’s restaurant across...
Trump expresses optimism for U.S. peace deal with Taliban
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday he’s ready to sign a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan if a temporary truce holds in America’s longest war. “Time to come home,” he said. “They want to stop. You know, they’ve been fighting a long time. They’re tough people. We’re...
Lawsuit against Pa. Lt. Gov. Fetterman still looms over Twitter fallout
The back-and-forth between Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and the Harrisburg attorney retained to represent two men claiming Fetterman violated their First Amendment rights when he blocked them on Twitter has continued offline. Jason Lindemuth, of Harrisburg, and Sean Guay, of Hummelstown, were unblocked one day before a deadline attorney...
Man skeptic of world being round dies in California rocket crash
BARSTOW, Calif. — A California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to earth. “Mad” Mike Hughes was killed on Saturday afternoon...
Passage to India: Trump ready for warm embrace, adulation
WASHINGTON — It was the Trumpiest of offers. A rally at one of the world’s largest stadiums. A crowd of millions cheering him on. A love fest during an election year. President Donald Trump’s packed two-day visit to India promises the kind of welcome that has eluded him on many...
Trump says he was not told that Russia was helping Sanders
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has never been briefed about Russian efforts to help Bernie Sanders win the Democratic presidential nomination and he accused the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee of leaking election security information from a classified briefing. Sanders acknowledged on Friday that...
Italy cancels Venice Carnival in bid to halt spread of virus
CODOGNO, Italy — Italy stepped up measures Sunday to ban public gatherings amid rapidly rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in the country and a third death from the virus, calling off the famed Venice Carnival attended by thousands of revelers. The decision to call off the Carnival was announced by...
Technology, expansion continue to move Knepper Press forward in printing industry
Knepper Press keeps getting better. Founded in Carnegie in 1873, Knepper Press is the oldest commercial printer in the Pittsburgh area. The printing and communications firm, which employs nearly 200 people, has grown from a small weekly newspaper publisher to the tri-state region’s largest independently owned, fifth-generation commercial printing company....
380 Discount Warehouse offers one-stop shopping, unrivaled variety
Local, family-owned stores that have everything you need at a discount are few and far between. And one-stop shopping is nearly impossible, especially when you want to get quality merchandise at affordable prices. These are problems that the Beacom family, owners of 380 Discount Warehouse in Murrysville, seeks to solve....
‘Apart from the Ordinary’ St. Barnabas caring, growing for more than a century
It’s important to remember that our senior years can be filled with great experiences and quality time spent with family and friends. There’s no place that understands the importance of continual growth like St. Barnabas, which has been growing for more than a century and will keep growing to accommodate...
Magnet Recognition: What it means for Excela Health. What it means for the patients we serve.
This past December, Excela Health announced that it had achieved Magnet Recognition® from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). In 2014, Excela Health began a journey for the system to earn what is considered the highest and most prestigious distinction a healthcare organization can receive for nursing excellence and superiority...
Laurel Nursery: One-stop shopping for all your gardening needs
Patty Heese has seen gardeners’ interests change in recent years. As part of the family at Laurel Nursery on Route 30 in Latrobe, Heese will still stock all the expected offerings of top-notch annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees beginning with the spring growing season in April and May. But the...
Penguins hockey can help expand your business connections
Building relationships in the business world is more important than ever before. Opportunities for making connections to new clients or strengthening old business partnerships are harder to find face-to-face in a highly-digitized world. With Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, it’s easy to get that quality time by harnessing the power of business...
Talerico Group building a high-performance sales team
By Bill Talerico Talerico Group The best parenting advice I ever received was “you have to parent the child you have — not the one you want or the one you were.” There is incredible wisdom in that advice. Too often I found myself reacting to something my son did...
Trust experts at Bella Construction with all of your roofing needs
The roof is arguably the most important part of your home. It protects the structure and its contents from all forms of weather we face in Western Pennsylvania, from rain and snow to wind and hail. “A professionally installed roof ensures that your home’s valuables are safe and secure, withstanding...
Keystone Mini Dental Implant Center will make you smile
The first thing you notice about a new person is their smile. It can determine whether you make a new friend, get a “yes” for a date or make an important business connection. That being said, too many people are walking around with smiles they are unhappy with. Bad teeth...
Tackling a top killer of New Jersey’s bald eagles: electrocution
A female bald eagle took flight in September 2014 from the Maurice River in New Jersey’s Cumberland County, soaring westward thousands of feet over the Delaware Bay. Nicknamed Millville after her hometown, she made her way to the upper Chesapeake Bay, 50 miles away, according to GPS tracking. Two months...
New York readies to say goodbye to a staple of city life: plastic shopping bags
NEW YORK — Bag the ban, say some business leaders and New Yorkers ahead of regulations barring a staple of city life. “I can’t do without it!” Barbara White, 70, said while clutching her plastic bags Saturday outside an East Harlem grocery store. “I’m so used to this kind of...
Sanders on top: Key takeaways from the Nevada caucuses
LAS VEGAS — Sen. Bernie Sanders cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses, heartening his supporters and stoking alarm among moderates who fear he is too liberal and would lose to President Donald Trump. Takeaways from the Nevada caucuses: SANDERS’ PRESIDENTIAL BID GETS ROCKET FUEL Sanders’ convincing win means there...
Sanders wins Nevada caucuses, takes national Democratic lead
LAS VEGAS — Bernie Sanders scored a resounding victory in Nevada’s presidential caucuses on Saturday, cementing his status as the Democrats’ national front-runner amid escalating tensions over whether he’s too liberal to defeat President Donald Trump. While Sanders scored a strong victory, a cluster of candidates fought for a distant...
Charter bus rollover kills 3, injures 18 outside San Diego
PALA MESA, Calif. — A charter bus swerved on a rain-slicked Southern California highway and rolled down an embankment Saturday, killing three people and injuring 18 others, authorities said. Several passengers were thrown from the bus, and one of the dead was trapped under the vehicle after it landed on...
By decoding the coronavirus genome, scientists seek the upper hand against COVID-19
The genetic code of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is only about 30,000 characters long, but what a story it tells. Those nucleotides conceal secrets of the virus’ past, including its origins, its passage among families and its journey to distant ports. They signal how long it has been at...
After learning of Whitey Bulger LSD tests, juror has regrets
EASTHAM, Mass. — One of the jurors who convicted notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger says she regrets her decision after learning that he was an unwitting participant in a covert CIA experiment with LSD. Bulger terrorized Boston from the 1970s into the 1990s with a campaign of murder, extortion,...
